California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 22 - Podiatric Medicine

• Section 2460.
  (a) There is created in the Department of Consumer Affairs the California Board of Podiatric Medicine.(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021,...
• Section 2460.1.
  Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the California Board of Podiatric Medicine in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever...
• Section 2461.
  As used in this article:(a) “Board” means the California Board of Podiatric Medicine.(b) “Podiatric licensing authority” refers to any officer, board, commission, committee, or department of another...
• Section 2462.
  The board shall consist of seven members, three of whom shall be public members. Not more than one member of the board shall be a...
• Section 2463.
  Each member of the board, except the public members, shall be appointed from persons having all of the following qualifications:(a) Be a citizen of this state...
• Section 2464.
  The public members shall be appointed from persons having all of the following qualifications:(a) Be a citizen of this state for at least five years next...
• Section 2465.
  No person who directly or indirectly owns any interest in any college, school, or other institution engaged in podiatric medical instruction shall be appointed to...
• Section 2466.
  All members of the board shall be appointed for terms of four years. Vacancies shall immediately be filled by the appointing power for the unexpired...
• Section 2467.
  (a) The board may convene from time to time as it deems necessary.(b) Four members of the board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at...
• Section 2468.
  Notice of each meeting of the board shall be given in accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of...
• Section 2469.
  Each member of the board shall receive per diem and expenses as provided in Section 2016.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 655, Sec. 16.)
• Section 2470.
  The board may adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part...
• Section 2471.
  Except as provided by Section 159.5, the board may employ, within the limits of the funds received by the board, all personnel necessary to carry...
• Section 2472.
  (a) The certificate to practice podiatric medicine authorizes the holder to practice podiatric medicine.(b) As used in this chapter, “podiatric medicine” means the diagnosis, medical, surgical, mechanical,...
• Section 2474.
  Any person who uses in any sign or in any advertisement or otherwise, the word or words “doctor of podiatric medicine,” “doctor of podiatry,” “podiatric...
• Section 2475.
  Unless otherwise provided by law, no postgraduate trainee, intern, resident postdoctoral fellow, or instructor may engage in the practice of podiatric medicine, or receive compensation...
• Section 2475.1.
  Before a resident’s license may be issued, each applicant shall show by evidence satisfactory to the board, submitted directly to the board by the national...
• Section 2475.2.
  As used in this article, “podiatric residency” means a program of supervised postgraduate clinical training, one year or more in duration, approved by the board.(Amended...
• Section 2475.3.
  (a) The board shall approve podiatric residency programs, as defined in Section 2475.2, in the field of podiatric medicine, for persons who are applicants for or...
• Section 2476.
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a regularly matriculated student undertaking a course of professional instruction in an approved college or school...
• Section 2477.
  Nothing in this chapter prohibits the manufacture, the recommendation, or the sale of either corrective shoes or appliances for the human feet.(Added by Stats. 1980,...
• Section 2479.
  The board shall issue a certificate to practice podiatric medicine to each applicant who meets the requirements of this chapter. Every applicant for a certificate...
• Section 2480.
  The board shall have full authority to investigate and to evaluate each applicant applying for a certificate to practice podiatric medicine and to make a...
• Section 2481.
  Each applicant who commenced professional instruction in podiatric medicine after September 1, 1959, shall show by an official transcript or other official evidence submitted directly...
• Section 2483.
  (a) Each applicant for a certificate to practice podiatric medicine shall show by an official transcript or other official evidence satisfactory to the board that is...
• Section 2484.
  In addition to any other requirements of this chapter, before a certificate to practice podiatric medicine may be issued, each applicant shall show by evidence...
• Section 2486.
  The board shall issue a certificate to practice podiatric medicine if the applicant has submitted directly to the board from the credentialing organizations verification that...
• Section 2488.
  The board shall issue a certificate to practice podiatric medicine by credentialing if the applicant has submitted directly to the board from the credentialing organizations...
• Section 2492.
  (a) The board shall examine every applicant for a certificate to practice podiatric medicine to ensure a minimum of entry-level competence at the time and place...
• Section 2493.
  An applicant for a certificate to practice podiatric medicine shall pass an examination in the subjects required by Section 2483 in order to ensure a...
• Section 2495.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board may delegate to officials of the board the authority to approve the admission of applicants to...
• Section 2496.
  In order to ensure the continuing competence of persons licensed to practice podiatric medicine, the board shall adopt and administer regulations requiring continuing education of...
• Section 2497.
  (a) The board may order the denial of an application for, or the suspension of, or the revocation of, or the imposition of probationary conditions upon,...
• Section 2497.5.
  (a) The board may request the administrative law judge, under his or her proposed decision in resolution of a disciplinary proceeding before the board, to direct...
• Section 2498.
  (a) The board shall have the responsibility for reviewing the quality of podiatric medical practice carried out by persons licensed to practice podiatric medicine.(b) Each member of...
• Section 2499.
  There is in the State Treasury the Board of Podiatric Medicine Fund. Notwithstanding Section 2445, the board shall report to the Controller at the beginning...
• Section 2499.5.
  The following fees apply to certificates to practice podiatric medicine.The amount of fees prescribed for doctors of podiatric medicine shall be determined by the board...
• Section 2499.6.
  The fees in this article shall be fixed by the board in accordance with Section 313.1.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 801, Sec. 4. Effective September...
• Section 2499.7.
  (a) Certificates to practice podiatric medicine shall expire at midnight on the last day of the birth month of the licensee during the second year of...
• Section 2499.8.
  Any licensee who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board that he or she is unable to practice podiatric medicine due to a disability may...

Last modified: October 22, 2018